Investment Manager

Corey Banks

Corey joined Therium in 2022 and helps lead its business in the United States.  Before joining Therium, Corey spent more than five years as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he worked on a broad range of commercial matters, including corporate, fiduciary duty, securities, breach of contract, antitrust/competition and bankruptcy litigation for clients in the financial services, media, technology, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, among others.  Corey also previously clerked at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Before his clerkships, Corey served as a litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Corey regularly speaks on litigation funding, including as a guest lecturer at Stanford Law School, and serves on the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA) U.S. Regional Committee and the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC) Advisory Council.  Corey received a B.A. summa cum laude from Tufts University and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.  At Harvard, Corey was one of two students awarded the Sears Prize for earning the highest grades in the second-year class.

Testimonials

“In a strong field, judges were impressed by the significant scale and range of this global business. Therium set itself apart by a series of powerful and persuasive testimonials, demonstrating a commitment to their clients and the wider industry.”

- Insolvency Funder of the Year – The Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency (TRI) Awards

"It helps that Therium’s principals are all lawyers who are still primarily interested in achieving successful litigation, just with an emphasis on the funding and costs of litigation."

Litigation Funding: Status and Issues, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University and University of Lincoln Law School.

 

- Hodges, Peysner and Nurse

"Therium’s approach to litigation finance is thought provoking and innovative. We appreciate their creativity in helping us and our clients to find new ways of realising the value from litigation."

- James Pollock, Partner, Simmons & Simmons LLP

The Team